Virgin Territory

by Sara Maitland

The rape of one of her fellow sisters in a South American village brings Sister Anna dangerously close to a breakdown and she is moved to London, where she becomes involved in a very different kind of life

Genres: Fiction

1 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1984

About the author

Sara Maitland is a British writer and academic. An accomplished novelist, she is also known for her short stories. Her work has a magic realist tendency. Maitland is regarded as one of those at the vanguard of the 1970s feminist movement, and is often described as a feminist writer. She is a Roman Catholic, and religion is another theme in much of her work.